The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-30
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with the President recently regarding the
workings Of the Edmunds law.
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THE National Association of Local Preach
ers in session at Harrisburg, Pa, recently,
elected C.. B. Stemen, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
president for the ensuing year. The next
convention will be held at Columbus, o.,
in September, 1885,
TIE Italians of New York City on the
10th celebrated with parade, which was
reviewed by Mayor Hewitt, and with sub
sequent festivities in an uptown park. the
seventeenth anniversary of the entry oftne
Italian troops into Rome. Over fifty socie-
ties participated.
The Democrats Of Massachusetts met IN
convention at Worcester on, the Goth and
adopted a platform. 81. b. Lowering was
nominated for Governor. The rest Of the
ticket was as follows: Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Walter e. Cutting, Of Pittsfield !:
Secretary Of State, John F. Murphy, Of
Lowell; Treasurer, Henry C. Thatcher, Of
Yarmouth; Attorney-GeneraL John W.
Corcoran. Of Clinton; Auditor, William F.
Cook, of Springfield.
The liabilities OF Grovesteen & Pell,
stock brokers Of New York, aggregate 81,
sVusosA 6uO VIC dCIudl SSScIS cOCCsO5S.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided in favor Of the Vermont State
Grange in a case against the Central Yer
mont railroad. 1t appeared that the Boston
& Albany Railroad Company and the Yer
mont State Grange complained of the Gen.
trail Vermont Company for charging a less
rate in similar service for long than for a
short haul over the Central's lines between
Boston and Detroit, Milwaukee and Chica-
go. The Commission declared the rates
were illegal.
THE report of the New Hampshire Senate
Investigating Committee on the alleged at
tempt to bride C. d. Sawyer by Kirk
Pierce was that such attempt had been
made. The report proceeds at length to
set forth the temptations which surround
legislators and the debasing wiles employed
by professional lobbyists.
Two men fell asleep on the railroad plat
form at Scotthaven, Pa, the other night,
and were instantly killed by train.
HARRY MILES and Eddy Medium trotted a
mile in 2:24A at the New Jersey State fair
the other day, breaking the record on q
half-mile track
AT the Chenango County On. " Demo
cratic Convention, both President Cleve-
land and Governor Hill were strongly in
dorsed.
CAPRoN & WoLvERToN's -four mill. Al
bany, N. Y, was destroyed by fire on the
2lst with loo, 600 bushels Of grain, causing
$50, 200 loss. Eight 6remen had narrow
escapes
REV. e. A. COPELAND appeared at the
United Labor Club meeting at Rochester,
n. Y, recently and avowed himself for the
George movement. He had been one OF
the leading Prohibition workers, and last
year was the candidate Of that party fol
Congress.
GOVERNOR HILL addressed ten thousand
persons at the fair at Newburg, N. Y. or
the I'D. He denied that no was making
any attack upon Henry George He be
lieved that Mr.. George was sincere, and he
highly respected him, though he could no,
indorse his idea Of putting all taxes on land
values.
SEVERAL collieries about Wilkesbarre
Pa, have signified their willingness to con
cede to the demands of the miners.
SEVEN HUNDRED bales Of cotton on {
lighter were destroyed by fire in New York
harbor the other day. Loss. $4,000.
THE New York Produce Exchange has
voted to hold daily sessions hereafter from
1879 to three O'Clock.
THE Government offer to purchase four
and four-and-a-haf bonds dissipated the
fears of stringent money market that had
been prevailing in New York.
E. s. WHEELER, the insolvent IRON dealer
of New Haven, Conn.,, who failed recently
for g 100000, has been arrested, charged
with fraud.
WILLIAM SHOWERS, the old man arrested
several weeks ago at Lebanon, Pa, charged
with having murdered his two young
grandchildren, has made q confession OF
the crime and implicated his housekeeper,
Elizabeth Sergent. who, he says, held a
light in the children's bedroom while he
committed the deed.
GENERAL j. B. RICKETTS,, commander OF
Ricketts, Battery. which made such a fight
ing reputation during the war, especially
at Gettysburg, died at New York on the
I'D, aged seventy years. He was born in
New York, June p, 1887. He commanded
the Sixth Army Corps and was wounded
i've times. His death was caused by q
wound received at the battle of Winches-
ter.
THE steamship Alesia, which arrived of
New York on the ed from Marseilles and
Naples with six hundred passengers, had
Asiatic cholera aboard. Eight of her pas
sengers died on the passage aud on her ar
rival at quarantine, the health officer found
four cases aboard. He sent the Alesia and
her passengers to the west bank in the
lower bay.
THE WEST.
OAK LAWN RETREAT, a private insane
asylum near jacksonville, Ill, was de-
stroyed by fire recently. and the proprietor
seriously burned. No patients were hurt
THE Ohio & Mississippi at St LOUIS on
the 2lst enlarged its fields of operations in
the rate-cuttlng line, and made round
trip fare to Baltimore and Washington of
s20.25. being a cut of S. Is. The Louisville,
Evansville & st. Louis road, or what is
known as the AR Line, met the rate, but